| Format: | Paperback |
| Page Count: | 232 |
| Size: | 5.0 in x 7.0 in |
| Weight: | 8.0 ounces |
| ISBN-10: | 1-4335-9342-4 |
| ISBN-13: | 978-1-4335-9342-0 |
| ISBN-UPC: | 9781433593420 |
| Published: | May 13, 2025 |
Prioritizing Missions in the Church
By Aaron Menikoff, Harshit Singh, Series edited by Jonathan Leeman, Brooks Buser, Scott Logsdon
Prioritizing Missions in the Church
By Aaron Menikoff, Harshit Singh, Series edited by Jonathan Leeman, Brooks Buser, Scott Logsdon
Pastors from America and India Share How They Patiently and Faithfully Lead Missions in Their Local Churches
What role should the local church play in the mission to spread the gospel to the ends of the earth? Many Christians view missions work as a task for large churches or parachurch ministries. But God commands all believers in churches of all sizes to protect and proclaim his word. Working together patiently and faithfully, we can reach nations with the gospel.
In this brief guide, pastors Aaron Menikoff from Atlanta, Georgia, and Harshit Singh from Lucknow, India, share their journeys leading missions-centered churches in two different settings. Through their personal stories, they teach Scripture-led methods for fostering missions-minded congregations. Emphasizing the importance of patient training and church planting—in terms of years, not months—Menikoff and Singh help pastors and staff overcome geographic, cultural, and linguistic barriers to passionately start and strengthen churches around the world.
- Biblical: Helps churches understand their God-given responsibility to train and send quality missionaries
- Comprehensive: Examines long-term ways local churches can be missions-centered—through consistent evangelism, expositional preaching, prayer, singing, gathering, and ordinances
- Accessible: Written to guide pastors, staff, and missions-minded Christians in developing a healthy view of missions
- Part of the 9Marks Church-Centered Missions Series
Authors:
Aaron Menikoff (PhD, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is the senior pastor of Mount Vernon Baptist Church, where he has ministered since 2008. He is the author of Character Matters and Politics and Piety. He serves as the adjunct professor of church history at Reformed Theological Seminary, Atlanta, and is a founding board member of the Association of Churches for Missions and Evangelism. He lives in Atlanta with his wife, Deana, and their four children.
Product Details
Table of Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1: Ordinary Church
Chapter 2: Bible for the Nations
Chapter 3: Preach, Pray, Sing
Chapter 4: Going Global at Home
Chapter 5: Ordinary Christian
Chapter 6: Fraternity of Churches
Chapter 7: Raise and Send
Conclusion
Appendix A – Church & Missionary Covenant Partnership
Appendix B – A Missionary Candidate Questionnaire
Endorsements
“As the pastor of a local church, I can tell you that this is a book important enough, practical enough, specific enough, wise enough, and biblical enough for me to use! The stories are challenging and instructive. Coming from two pastors on two different continents, the variety of examples are interesting and helpful. If you read one new book on missions this year, this one should be it.”
Mark Dever, Pastor, Capitol Hill Baptist Church, Washington, DC
“The local church is God’s primary instrument for the accomplishment of the Great Commission. I am grateful for pastors who prioritize the significance and urgency of the Great Commission. I hope this book inspires, encourages, and produces missions-minded churches around the world.”
Paul Akin, Provost and Associate Professor of Christian Missions, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
“Thoughtful, prayerful, practical. A helpful resource for any Christian community in a season of reflecting, repenting, equipping, and sending.”
K. A. Ellis, Director, The Edmiston Center for Christian Endurance Studies
“Do you want your church to raise up missionaries and have an impact on the world? Are you interested in proclaiming Christ in foreign lands and supporting those who do? If so, read this book! From vastly different backgrounds, Menikoff and Singh give biblical counsel that will enable churches worldwide to faithfully ‘hammer away’ at raising up fruitful missionaries and partnering with them for the Great Commission.”
Keri Folmar, pastor’s wife in Dubai; author; cohost, Priscilla Talk
“First, start at home! Too many well-intentioned, missions-minded Christians begin their journey by looking abroad, choosing a place and a people. Instead, they should start at home—with their own lives and their relationship to their local church. That’s where a strong, faithful, and sustained missions effort begins. Next, read this book! Menikoff and Singh get it. They grasp the vital role of the local church in the life of the missionary and the missionary task. Read. Learn. Commit. And attempt great things for God!”
Matt Schmucker, Director, CROSS Conference
“How can your local church become a missions-centered church? Aaron Menikoff and Harshit Singh provide a wonderfully accessible and actionable book for pastors and members alike. This book has everything you need to get started. It begins with a Bible-saturated, church-centered vision for missions, moves to how the local church raises up future missionaries, and ends with the hope of churches working together to see the gospel proclaimed among all nations. I highly recommend this book.”
Michael Lawrence, Lead Pastor, Hinson Baptist Church, Portland, Oregon; author, Biblical Theology in the Life of the Church and Conversion
“If you care about missions, you should read this book. It’s biblical, practical, and proven, as Menikoff and Singh have already been doing what they are writing about. Churches are both the end and the means of missions. This book helps you understand how your church can be part of this glorious work. Read it and learn from it.”
Matthias Lohmann, Pastor, Free Evangelical Church, Munich, Germany; Chairman, Evangelium21
“Here is a book that captures the local church’s biblical place in prioritizing missions. Reader, be warned! This book might change you and your local church in ways that echo through eternity.”
Josh Manley, Senior Pastor, RAK Evangelical Church, Ras al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates
“The Great Commission is a mandate given to the church. All local churches must be committed to making disciples of all nations. In Prioritizing Missions in the Church, Aaron Menikoff and Harshit Singh make a case for a missions-centered church. What does such a church look like, you ask? Well, take up and read; you will find their argument refreshingly ordinary, liberating, biblical, and compelling.”
Chopo Mwanza, Pastor, Faith Baptist Church Riverside, Kitwe, Zambia
“Whether in going or sending, every church member has a role to play. While agencies and committees can be helpful, they cannot replace the church. So, how can your church adopt a vision for all members to be engaged in our God-given mission? Menikoff and Singh provide a helpful guide in Prioritizing Missions in the Church. Rooted in Scripture and drawn from decades of pastoral ministry in America and India, this book offers biblical principles that will help churches engage in their mission to see Christ proclaimed among the nations.”
Geoffrey Chang, Assistant Professor of Historical Theology and Curator of the Spurgeon Library, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Kansas City, Missouri; Elder, Wornall Road Baptist Church; author, The Army of God